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People can now enter their phone numbers into a website to see if they appeared in a recent Facebook data breach.
Details of more than 530 million people were leaked in a database online, largely consisting of mobile numbers.
People can use the Have I Been Pwned online tool to check if their numbers or emails were compromised.
Facebook says the data is from an “old” breach in 2019 but privacy watchdogs are now investigating.
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Facebook said it had found and fixed the breach more than a year-and-a-half ago.
But the information has now been published for free in a hacking forum, making it widely available.
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Philippines: New Circular on Data Sharing Agreements issued by the National Privacy Commission
The Philippine National Privacy Commission recently issued NPC Circular No. 2020-03 on Data Sharing Agreements. The Circular applies to the disclosure of personal data from a personal information controller to another PIC. It likewise applies to personal data that is consolidated by several PICs and shared or made available to each other and/or to one or more PICs. It excludes outsourcing or subcontracting arrangements between a PIC and a personal information processor.
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NPC) recently issued NPC Circular No. 2020-03 on Data Sharing Agreements (
Circular). The Circular applies to the disclosure of personal data from a personal information controller (
To ensure the lawful processing of personal data in the use of closed-circuit television (CCTV)
1 systems, the Philippine National Privacy Commission (NPC) released on 16 November 2020, Advisory No. 2020-04 on the “Guidelines on the Use of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Systems” (
Advisory). The Advisory guides personal information controllers (PICs) and personal information processors (PIPs) in the processing of personal data via CCTV systems used in public or semi-public places, as well as in responding to requests by the data subject or by third parties for disclosure of CCTV footage. The Advisory applies to CCTV systems with either video and audio capabilities or those which only record videos. Lawful surveillance conducted by law enforcement agencies and other government agencies, however, are not covered by the Advisory.